KIDS: DIY black cat costume

This costume could easily be recreated for an adult costume but it’s such a cute idea for a little girl. Do It Yourself Divas created the best lil’ DIY black cat costume around!  The costume requires a wire hanger, black feather boas, hot glue, black elastic, black long sleeve onesie (can be dyed if needed), black leggings or tights, black shoes, black felt, hair clips and a little black makeup to paint a nose and whiskers on your little kitty.  I love this costume!

DIY black cat costume

Check out the full tutorial with additional pictures at Do It Yourself Divas

COUPLES: iPhone and Apple Genius costume

Every iPhone needs an Apple Genius, right?! This awesome iPhone costume was crafted up by Felt So Cute from well, felt! I love that she even included a Words with Friends app on her iPhone! She created 20 felt square apps and hot glued them to a solid piece of black felt that went over her head. For the Apple Genius, she sued her Silhouette machine to cut out an apple and adhered it to a blue t-shirt and added a lanyard of course!

 

iPhone and Apple Genius costume

 

See the full iPhone and Apple genius couples costume details at Felt So Cute.

ADULT: DIY loofah costume

I love the idea of this costume and the simplicity of it even though it looks to be a bit time consuming to put together.  Lindsay at Busy Thoughts shows you how to take approximately 25 to 30 yards of nylon matte netting fabric, two sizes of elastic and a little rope to create this adorable DIY loofah costume.  Get your date for the night to dress up as a bar of soap and you’re set!

I could also see this being a super cute baby costume idea

DIY loofah costume

Check out the full tutorial on Busy Thoughts

KIDS: DIY Carl from Up costume

There isn’t an exact tutorial for this DIY Carl from Up costume but if you get creative you can achieve the adorableness that Stephanie did when she put this together for her little boy Rizden.  From what I can tell you’ll need just a few items to create the walker including pvc piping and tennis balls then just grab a bunch of colorful balloons, a bow tie, a cardigan and some black rimmed glasses (she used 3D movie ones) to finish off the look.  Seriously it’s too cute for words!

DIY Carl from Up costume

See more photos here and then of course on Stephanie’s photography website here

BABIES: DIY thing 1 & thing 2 costumes

Shelley at How Does She? posted her tutorial for these DIY thing 1 & thing 2 costumes which have me seriously wishing I had twins to make these amazing costumes for!!  She said the striped leggings were actually women’s socks that she just cut the feet off of and the onesies were ordered from Ebay, but what absolutely makes the whole costume so great are the wigs she created by hot-glueing a blue feather boa to a babies knit cap!

DIY thing 1 & thing 2 costumes

See the full tutorial with pictures at How Does She?

KIDS: DIY hot air balloon costume

Jenn at Rook No. 17 posted a this tutorial for a DIY hot air balloon costume that her friend came up with and it has to be one of the most creative costumes I’ve seen in awhile.  Not only is it creative but she breaks it down so it looks relatively easy to recreate.  She used one of those XL balloons, a large basket, ribbon, yarn and four brown paper lunch bags for the look of the hot air balloon plus extra supplies to dress her kiddo up to look the part.  Such a fun, unique idea!

DIY hot air balloon costume

Check out more pictures and the full tutorial at Rook No. 17 

ADULT: DIY troll doll costume

Troll Dolls were one of my favorite toys from back in my childhood (the 80’s and 90’s to be exact) and when I saw Stephanie from Beautiful Mess dressed up as one last year I had to applaud her for her originality.  She did a great job creating her costume and it can easily be recreated using hair color spray (or a wig), a nude leotard, colorful tutu and a piece of satin fabric cut to make a jewel to cover your belly button.

 DIY troll doll costume

Check out more photos of this DIY troll doll costume on Beautiful Mess

KIDS: DIY lego block costume

I would like to go back in time and dress up as this for Halloween one year!  I’m pretty sure everyone loved/loves legos, well you love them until you step on one barefoot, but thankfully there’s no stepping on this life size version.  Country Living shows that with a rectangular box, eight circular boxes, glossy spray paint and glue you can easily create this cool DIY lego block costume.

DIY lego block costume

You can find the tutorial on Country Living and additional lego costume ideas here

ROUND UP: Awesome Halloween costumes

Halloween is only 12 days away! Here are 14 creatively awesome Halloween costumes that all involve food! Check ’em out…

14 Awesome food related Halloween costumes

 

1. Kid sushi costume

Food related halloween costumes

2. Bunch of grapes

3. Slice of pizza

Handmade Halloween costumes

4. Starbucks

DIY Starbucks halloween costume

5. Vegetable costumes

6. Donuts

DIY donut costume

7. Slurpees

Food related halloween costumes

8. S’mores

9. Candy Land

10. Spice Girls

Awesome Halloween costumes

11. Baby sushi costume

12. Dog Hostess costume

Awesome Halloween costumes

13. Jelly Belly costume

Awesome Halloween costumes

14. French baker

DIY french baker costume

 

 

 

 

ADULT: DIY flamingo costume

Kristen of Love, Lipstick and Pearls put together a super easy and absolutely adorable flamingo costume from Halloween a few years back.  She used a pink leotard, pink leggings, 10 pink feather boas and a toucan beak she spray painted black to create her flamingo look which turned out so cute!  This is such an creative take and something that can be done pretty quickly and easily.

DIY flamingo costume

Check out the full post for this DIY flamingo costume on Love, Lipstick and Pearls